Rouxpos, Karoo
Rouxpos is one of those little Karoo towns that has managed, despite the penchant for second homes in available little dorps within a couple of hours of major cities, to remain in relative obscurity.
You will not find it on the average map of the Karoo. The only people to really know of the town's existence are cyclists and 4X4 fundis who cycle the Laingsburg to Rouxpos route.
Rouxpos lies in the shadow of the Swartberg Mountains just off the R323 that branches off the N1 at Laingsburg. It is one of two wee towns through which the Seweweekspoort, or Smugglers' Route, passes. It also lies on the famous Freedom Trail, a race across South Africa from Pietermaritzburg all the way to Wellington in the Western Cape, which includes Die Hell, Rouxpos and Anysberg.
Actually Rouxpos is more of a settlement than a town, and people generally pass through it, as it hardly qualifies as a place to stop for a quick cuppa (around here, farms are lucky if they've got a connection to Eskom, nevermind a cute little village with a pub and a coffee shop), but everyone knows the Rouxpos Road just outside Laingsburg, or at least mostly everyone who lives around here.
The Freedom Trail is 2300 kilometres worth of, mainly, cycling across the Karoo. Once in Prince Albert, the trail has two options. One route takes riders to the Gamkapoort Dam along the Bosluiskloof Road and then on to Vleiland. The other takes a little more exertion up the Swartberg Park, into Die Hel. Thereafter both routes join through the Swartberg Mountains to Rouxpos and the Anysberg Nature Reserve.
In the vicinity
Hotels & other accommodation options

Matoppo Inn Guest House
Matoppo is a beautifully restored drostdy building, dating back to the 17th century and is situated within a sprawling, lush garden estate in the...

Garden Corner Guesthouse
Garden Corner Guesthouse offers comfortable accommodation for business and leisure guests in Beaufort West. Each unit offers air conditioning, TV...

Wildehondekloof Lodge
Wildehondekloof Lodge is an exclusive game lodge located at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains in Oudtshoorn. The rooms are offered on a bed & b...

Die Keurboom
Die Keurboom is a self catering holiday home set on a cliff overlooking the Keurboomsrivier below. Large and luxurious, the unit is kitted out wi...

Country Garden Blue Gum
Country Garden Blue Gum Cottage offers Karoo self catering on The Country Garden Guest Farm near Ladismith. From Ladismith town it is a very scen...

Volmoed Cottage
Volmoed Cottage offers Karoo self catering for up to six guests. This cottage is private and is roughly 8 km's from Oudtshoorn, in the Garden Rou...

The Travelling Tortoise
The Travelling Tortoise is an off-the-grid eco resort situated 10km from the quaint town of De Rust. Offering accommodation the elevated chalets ...

Buffelsdrift Game Lodge
Buffelsdrift is a sprawling game farm in the foothills of the Swartberg Mountains in the Cango Valley, Pristine bushveld, lush vegetation and a 5...

81 on Church Guest House
81 on Church Guest House is a comfortable 19th century home offers accommodation in the tranquil village of Prince Albert, an ideal place to sit ...
Noteworthy attractions

Anysberg Nature Reserve
In the heart of the Cape Fold Mountains, the natural abundance of the Anysberg Nature Reserve is situated in the Little Karoo of the Western Cape...

Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
In Roux Road on the outskirts of Worcester, some 120 kilometres from Cape Town, lies a unique gem of a garden - the only truly succulent garden i...

Cango Caves
Almost 30 kilometres outside of Outshoorn in the Klein Karoo, and certainly one of the main reasons for placing this little town on your itinerar...

Karoo National Park
The Karoo National Park is situated close to the N1 highway between Cape Town and the hinterland, approximately 1000 km south of Johannesburg and...

Gamkaberg Nature Reserve
Lying in the Little Karoo is the remote Gamka mountain range, isolated because of the conduit of the Gouritz River that slices between the Gamkab...

Kammanassie Nature Reserve
Lying in the Little Karoo between the Swartberg and Outeniqua Mountains, lies an inselberg or monadnock - an isolated hill or small mountain that...

Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
At the foot of the Warmwaterberg, in the heart of the Little Karoo, between Montagu and Barrydale on the famous Route 62, the vision of the San i...

Swartberg Nature Reserve
The Swartberg Nature Reserve lies in the Oudtshoorn district between the Great Karoo and Little Karoo, bordered by the Gamka River in the west an...

Meiringspoort
The towering sandstone cliff walls and breathtaking rock formations of Meiringspoort lie on the N12 between Beaufort West and Oudtshoorn. The poo...
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